Left/right handed fairleads - who's right?
- Thread starter snowleopard
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LittleSister
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Don't you mean 'who's left?'?
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Salty John
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They're port bow or starboard stern fairleads. Unless you use them for springs, in which case.....hmm.
cliff
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Both are "left handed"
snowleopard
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I agree but I contacted the one who labelled his 'right handed' to check if the photo was reversed but he said it was correct and the fairlead was stamped 'RH'. Maybe not all manufacturers use the same convention. In my book a port bow fairlead is left handed.
Lakesailor
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I had the same discussion with an on-line chandlery. They replaced it with the correct one, but that cost me return postage and them two lots of postage.
It would be much easier if they labelled them "Port Bow or "Starboard Bow" the buyer can make the virtual conversion themselves if they are for a stern quarter.
However the marketing people in some of the suppliers don't have much clue when it comes to detail.
It would be much easier if they labelled them "Port Bow or "Starboard Bow" the buyer can make the virtual conversion themselves if they are for a stern quarter.
However the marketing people in some of the suppliers don't have much clue when it comes to detail.
Scotty_Tradewind
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Whether, port or starboard, bow or stern....
if used for a rope ashore then you are liable to need one of each left hand/right hand for each side.
if used for a rope ashore then you are liable to need one of each left hand/right hand for each side.
Lakesailor
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Don't quite get what you mean.
However, the point of the OP is that (as far as my previous experience is concerned ) if you want to order just one and know exactly how you want the horns to line up, the nomenclature used by the chandleries doesn't guarantee you'll get the one you need.
However, the point of the OP is that (as far as my previous experience is concerned ) if you want to order just one and know exactly how you want the horns to line up, the nomenclature used by the chandleries doesn't guarantee you'll get the one you need.
Scotty_Tradewind
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I've fitted four new fairleads on top of my toe rail as the original eye fairleads on the bow of my boat and the stern fairleads at the side of the transom toe
rail are difficult to thread when speed is essential.
To get the rope going on a less angular course through the fairlead to shore, I found it best to fit two of each pattern on my boat. To tell you which is right-
hand and which is left-hand is a mystery to me.
p.s. had to look up 'nomenclature',
